Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok issued and then replaced a condolence statement that originally identified a "Russian missile attack" on Munkachevo, removing the word "Russian" from the revised post. The post was published on Facebook on August 21 and taken down shortly after it went up. Munkachevo is a western Ukrainian town of about 85,000 with a large ethnic Hungarian community near the Hungarian border. The strike was part of a large wave of missiles and drones across Ukraine that night. The episode underscores Hungary's reluctance to publicly criticize Moscow and strained Budapest–Kyiv relations, while Hungary's leadership has maintained close ties with Russia and complicated EU support for Ukraine.
"I express my deepest sympathy to those injured in the Russian missile attack on Munkachevo, and I wish them a speedy and full recovery," Sulyok said in his original statement posted to Facebook on August 21. The post was taken down shortly after it went up, only to be replaced by a nearly identical statement with the word "Russian" ("orosz" in Hungarian) removed from the first sentence.
Munkachevo is a town of some 85,000 people in western Ukraine that's home to a large ethnic Hungarian community and is roughly 30 kilometers from Ukraine's border with Hungary. The missile strike was part of a wave of hundreds that hit targets across Ukraine overnight on August 21. The episode highlights the Hungarian government's reluctance to criticize Moscow over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the strained ties between Budapest and Kyiv.
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